Background: School-based dental sealant programs are noted to increase sealant uptake among children, especially those from low-income families and those living in rural and underserved areas. However, nationally school-based dental sealant programs are substantially underutilized. This paper describes a partnership approach to a school-based…

Mindfulness research is growing as educators and practitioners place emphasis on social emotional learning (SEL). Evidence supports mindfulness benefits are both physical and mental to include lowering blood pressure, decreased anxiety, increased executive functioning, and increased ability to pay attention. While the benefits of mindfulness…

As numerous studies from 1906 on have confirmed, children lose ground in learning if they lack opportunities for building skills over the summer. Nonetheless, summer learning loss comes up but rarely in the national discussion of education reform. By the end of summer, students perform on average one month behind where they left off in the spring.…

Prior experience with Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs has provided evidence that school districts are implementing supplementary programs funded by Title I which are separate and distinct from the base education programs. The focus of this study is on the relationship between the Title I supplementary programs and the base…

The aim of this plan is to structure a program geared to the needs of the individual pupil and at the same time to be of more assistance to the employer in the cooperative program. (Editor)

This handbook, designed for members of Title I parent advisory councils, explains the Title I program and serves as a guide to organizing and conducting parent councils. The first chapter contains a brief summary of Title I history and intent. Chapter two explains laws and amendments relating to parent advisory councils. The third chapter offers…

State and national consultants for the migrant education programs under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, are available as resource personnel to assist State or local agencies in the development of educational plans and programs, both short and long range, for children of migratory agricultural workers. Information is given on how…

This manual provides regulations to assist local education agencies in Georgia in planning, designing and implementing programs of compensatory education for Title I eligible children. The areas considered under program planning include: the responsibilities of local educational agencies, allocation and reallocation of funds, accounting of fiscal…

This document contains instructions for developing comprehensive program plans at both the district and the school levels, as required under the 1973 Proposed Regulations for Consolidated Categorical Aid Programs in California Schools. The essential planning elements for both levels are identified; they stem from the premise that the specifics of…

Educational programs, regarded as inputs, may be developed within a procedural framework to achieve outputs of desired change and improvement. Eight criteria for assessing plans and strategies are relevance, legality, congruence, legitimacy, compatibility, balance, practicability, and cost/effectiveness. (JK)

This document reviews and summarizes fifteen major studies of compensatory education, and in particular Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It provides students, researchers, evaluators, and policymakers with a usable guide to the evolution of approaches associated with this large scale educational program. These studies…

Needss asessment is here to stay as shools wishing to apply for grants under the competitive titles of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), must now justify their requests. However, quality assessment data cannot be obtained in the majority of school districts nationally without federal or state budgetary allocations for Local…

The paper focuses on the Title I Evaluation Technical Assistance Centers to illustrate issues of measuring costs and deciding on outcome criteria before promoting "cost-effective" approaches. Effects are illustrated for varying resource allocations among personnel, travel, materials, and phone costs as a function of emphasizing…

This workbook provides information and guidelines for planning and operating Parent Advisory Councils (P.A.C.s) provided for under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I. The first part of the workbook, which was prepared for P.A.C. planners in the Phoenix, Arizona, Union High School District, is a month-by-month guide to P.A.C.…

This brochure describes a new series of Project Information Packages, a U.S. Office of Education response to the need for a systematic approach to disseminating exemplary projects. The packages describe procedures for developing the necessary administrative support and management framework, as well as instructional methods and techniques. The six…